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FREE Film Screening: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Location: Memorial Union Building Theater II - 4-1-2025 6:00 pm - 7:45 pm (America/New_York) (1 hour 45 minutes)

Based on the 1912 novel of the same name, this film is a psychedelic “Romeo and Juliet” folktale with avant-garde camera work set in the Carpathian Mountains of Eastern Ukraine. This film is one of the most important Ukranian language films of all time for its focus on Ukranian folk traditions and as a poetic alternative to socialist realism. Paradžanov is widely considered to be one of the most important figures in the history of cinema. Event Url